Dowling, Dennard, Connolly and Cannon worked out on an adjacent field. Zusevics was present in uniform but not taking part in any drills.

Obviously, the big news involved Tom Brady’s return to action. Take it one step further, and the quarterback took every snap with the first-team offense. That’s a major indication he’ll play tomorrow night against the Bucs.

Brady completed 7 of 10 passes in 7-on-7s and 9 of 11 in 11-on-11s. Take those numbers with a grain of salt because it was a glorified walkthrough. The players went full speed when the Pats’ offense played the Bucs’ defense in 7-on-7s, but it was a little quicker than half speed in 11-on-11s.

There were no 1-on-1 drills in practice. Instead, there was more of an emphasis on special teams than usual.

McCourty started at safety, so that’s a good sign after he was working on his shoulder yesterday.

There was a lot of situational work on special teams, including onside kicks, punts when pinned against your goal line and the lateral drill on kickoffs.

This was the final practice of training camp, so the public can’t attend practice anymore and the media will be limited to stretching portions for attendance purposes.

Practice ended with a really cool moment. The Patriots brought Eduardo Martinez, who is with the Make-A-Wish foundation, onto the field to watch a handful of plays. Then, Brady walked back onto the field and welcomed Martinez into the huddle. The Patriots lined up, and Brady handed it off to Martinez, who ran through the Buccaneers defense for a touchdown. The Patriots followed him to the end zone to celebrate, and Martinez spiked it in the middle of everyone.